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SAP and SPF: Working Together to Employ People with Autism

In May 2013, Specialisterne entered a historic partnership with SAP AG to provide employment opportunities for people with autism as software testers, programmers and data quality assurance specialists. Like the Specialist People Foundation, and Specialisterne operations around the globe, SAP sees a potential competitive advantage to leveraging the unique talents of people with autism, while also helping them to secure meaningful employment.

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s new mobile product, the OSHA Heat Safety Tool, allows workers and supervisors to calculate the heat index for their worksite, and, based on the heat index, displays a risk level to outdoor workers.

Github co-founder Tom Preston-Werner resigned from his position after the company found mistakes and errors in judgment following an investigation into a sexual harassment claim. The company cleared Preston-Werner and his wife of sexual or gender-based harassment or retaliation.

HCX Facts

Healthcare Costs grew a cumulative 138% between 1999 and 2010 and outpacing cumulative wage growth of 42% over the same period. Average employer costs for health insurance per employee hour rose from $1.60 to $3.35 during the 1999 to 2010 period. This almost 110% increase in average costs per hour was much larger than the 39% increase in average employer payroll costs per hour for these workers KFF